Caroline Fiot appointed cellar master at Maison Ruinart
Published: 02 October, 2025
Caroline Fiot has been announced as the new cellar master of Maison Ruinart.
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Champagne reduces harvest yield in face of global uncertainty
Published: 24 July, 2025
The Comité Champagne has announced that the available harvest yield for 2025 will be set at 9,000 kg/ha. This decision marks the third year in a row that yields have been reduced compared to the previous, as well as being the lowest yield level since 2020 (8,000kg/ha).
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Bonhams announces charity collaboration with Champagne Barons de Rotschild
Published: 27 June, 2025
London auction house Bonhams has announced a charity collaboration with Champagne Barons de Rotschild in honour of the house’s inaugural prestige cuvée, Le Grand Clos 2019.
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Gérard Basset Foundation announces fresh scholarship intake
Published: 09 June, 2025
The Gérard Basset Foundation has announced its latest Laurent-Perrier Champagne scholarship cohort. The charity was initially going to award 10 individuals but decided to honour 12 new scholars thanks to a strong applicant class.
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Hallgarten expands Champagne portfolio
Published: 30 May, 2025
Champagne Abelé 1757, the fifth-oldest Champagne house, has signed an exclusive import agreement with Hallgarten & Novum Wines.
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Cognac sales slump for Moët Hennessey in Q1
Published: 15 April, 2025
Data released from parent company LVMH shows that its wine and spirits division Moët Hennessey has seen a year on year drop in revenue when comparing to Q1 2025 to Q1 2024, driven by a poor performance for its cognac and spirits brands. The luxury goods giant believes this revenue fall is partly due to the ongoing ripple effects of tariff uncertainty.
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Louis Roederer companies brought together under ‘Roederer Collection’
Published: 15 November, 2023
The historic Champagne House, which was founded in 1776, has brought together all its companies under the label ‘Roederer Collection’, to help unify its abundant Maisons under one distinctive banner.
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Gosset Matchmakers 2022 winners announced
Published: 30 September, 2022
A chef and sommelier team from Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester has been crowned the winners of Gosset Matchmakers 2022, beating out tough competition from peers in Hampshire and Edinburgh.
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'Champagne Charlie' returns after 37 years
Published: 30 June, 2022
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Heidsieck and the rebirth of the legendary Cuvée Champagne Charlie, members of the trade and press were invited to an epic voyage on the River Thames.
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Champagne Castelnau and Nicolas Feuillatte finalise merger deal
Published: 17 December, 2021
Two of Champagne’s most important cooperatives reached an historic agreement this week, creating a powerful new stakeholder in the region.
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Billecart-Salmon appoints Crosby UK MD
Published: 02 September, 2021
Billecart-Salmon UK has appointed its current vice president Chris Crosby as its new MD of the UK.
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Liberty adds fizz to portfolio
Published: 21 January, 2021
Liberty Wines has added family-owned Pierre Péters to its Champagne portfolio.
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Champagne: Bubbling up again
Published: 07 October, 2020
Champagne houses are embracing ecommerce and direct consumer sales in a bid to beat the downturn. James Lawrence follows the fizz of this hero French region.
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Perrier-Jouët launches podcast celebrating outgoing Hervé Dechamps
Published: 29 September, 2020
Maison Perrier-Jouët has launched a podcast series celebrating the legacy of the House’s seventh cellar master Hervé Dechamps, who will retire next month after 37 years.
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Cellar Trends strengthens portfolio with Beau Joie
Published: 29 July, 2020
Drinks distributor Cellar Trends has strengthened its sparkling portfolio with the addition of Beau Joie Champagne as part of its UK growth strategy.
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Dom Pérignon releases 2010 vintage
Published: 07 July, 2020
Dom Pérignon has released its 2010 Vintage - from a year Chef de Cave Vincent Chaperon said was a “daunting challenge” due to the botrytis that attacked the Pinot Noir vines.
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Champagne Top 100 launched in London
Published: 03 March, 2020
London fine-wine club 67 Pall Mall is partnering with wine-event and education provider Scala Wine to launch The Champagne Top 100.
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Winner of UK Ruinart Sommelier Challenge revealed
Published: 26 February, 2020
Paul Fauvel, head sommelier at The Lanesborough, has won the UK Ruinart Sommelier Challenge 2020.
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Nicolas Feuillatte pinpoints no/low as key rival for Champagne
Published: 27 January, 2020
Nicolas Feuillatte has pinpointed the burgeoning no/low category as a key rival for the Champagne market going forward.
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Veuve Clicquot to open London Champagne bar
Published: 17 October, 2019
Veuve Clicquot has partnered with award-winning US singer-songwriter Annie Clark, better known as St Vincent, to open a Champagne bar in London’s Covent Garden.
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